REPORTS OF CASES

DETERMINED IN THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,

CONTAINING

DECISIONS RENDERED FROM SEPTEMBER 19, 1898, TO MARCH 24,
1899, INCLUSIVE.

EUGENE G. KREIDER,

REPORTER.

VOLUME XX.

BANCROFT-WHITNEY CO.,

LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOK SELLERS
SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO,

Ree. Nov. 7, 1899

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JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON.

* Succeeded Hon. Elmon Scott as Chief Justice on January 9, 1899.

Elected for the term beginning January 9, 1899, as the successor of Judge Scott.

JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF THE

STATE OF WASHINGTON.

Appointed March 17, 1898, by Governor to fill vacancy caused by death of Judge Charles H. Ayer.

+ Elected November 8, 1898, to fill vacancy caused by Judge Ayer's death.

ROLL OF ATTORNEYS.*

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON FROM
JANUARY 16, 1897, TO JULY 1, 1899.

Abbott, W. H.
Adams. Jos. M.
Allen, Frank Dale.
Anderson, Robert S.
Appleton, George H.
Ashley, Moreau.
Aust, Geo. F.
Austin, C. G.

Avery, A. G.

Avery, A. George.

Barnum, Edward F.
Barry, Alvin, W.
Beck, Wm. T.
Belden, E. H.

Bell, Bernard, H.
Bender, John,O.
Berkeley, Jr. N.
Binnard, Jos.
Birdsall, Wm. T.
Birdseye, Lucien, J.
Bixby, W. W.
Blake, Henry F.
Blake, Jacob Moore.

Bland. Thomas Leland.

Blattner, Frank S.
Bodwell. E. B.

Bogue, Gilbert F.

Booth, A. A.

Brattain, Leslie L.
Brewer, Loren H.
Brockway, E. B.
Bronaugh, J. E.
Bronco, William C.
Brown, Jas. F.
Brown, William C.
Bunn, John Marshall.
Burch, Frank.
Byrne, L. R.

Denman, A. H.
Deputy, Ewing Leo.
De Wolfe, Herbert N.
Dill, John D.
Dillon, Benj. J.
Dodd, J. J.

Cameron, Donald M.
Campbell, A. L.
Campbell, Rolland D.
Carrigan, J. L.
Carroll, Frank S.
Caypless, Edgar.
Cherry, George W.
Clementson, Geo. H.
Connor, E. Ó.

Doherty, Lignori A.
Downie, Sidney, D.
Dudley, F. M.

Egan, F. P.

Enos, C. N.

Fleming, Chas. A.
Fleming, James R.
Fletcher, Wm. N.
Forman, Emuel J.
Fouts, Robert M.
Frye, Jesse A.

Gardner, Elmer E.
Gilmore, Wm. A.
Gleeson, John M.
Gose, C. C.

Connor, Matthew M.
Cornelius, Arthur E.
Cornish, Nathan A.
Craven, Edwin W.
Crozier, Hubart R.
Crowder, D. L.
Crowe, W. F.
Cull, James O.
Cushman, E. E.
Cushman, F. W.

Dalton, O. C.

Dalton, W. S.

Danson, R. J.

Day, E. M.

Grass, W. F.

Graves, J. W.

Julien, Ben. F.
Keefe, Wm. H.
Kemp, G. Ward.
Keyes, J. E.
Kirkpatrick, H. G.

Laughon, Albert J.
Lawry, Thomas.
Leonard, Frank.
Leonard, Geo. H.
Lewis, William S.
Lund, M. J.

Lund, Rasmus H.

McBride, H. E.

McBroom, James H.

McCardle, Battle.

McDevitt, William.

Macfarlane, Walter R.

McKay, G. L.

McKenney, Herman E.
McLaren, A. D.

McNeny, James.

Maguire, H. N.

Mantz, Chas. A.
Marshall. J. W.

Gregg, Alexander H. B. Martin, H. N.

Griswold, N. O.

Halstead, Frank M.
Hand, E. W.
Harkness, John C.
Harmon, Ulysses, E.
Harris, Charles L.
Hayden, W. H.
Hazlitt, Henry S.
Heath, Sidney Moore.
Hebberd, Charles.
Herald, Ernest B.
Herr, Willis B.
Hersey, Clifford A.
Heyburn. E. M.
Higgins, Pope.
Hindman, W. W.
Hinkle, John D.

Hoover, Elizabeth H.
Hopson, Vivian H.
Hoshor, J. A.
Hovey, C. R.
Hoyt, Henry M.
Huffer, F. A.
Hulbert, Robt. A.
Hurst, James H.

Hutchinson, George B.
Ingersoll, Frank B.

Jackson, Kenneth M.
Jackson, Wm. A.
Jefferson, T. E.
Jeffs, Alex. S.

Johns, Robinson L.

Dautrick, Alexander S. Johnston, John B.

Jones, Jos. D.

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Mason, O. P.

Mathews. John W.
Metcalf. W. H.
Miller, O. L.

Miller, Winlock W.
Minard, E. L.
Moore, Duncan M.
Moore, Otho C.
Moran, E. P.
Mosby, B. C.
Murphy, Thos. J.

Naylor, James H.
Nethercut, G M.
Nichols, Ralph D.

Padgett, B. E.
Palmer, Edward B.
Palmer, Geo. L.
Parker, Emmett N.
Parkinson, Henry G.
Parmerlee, Wm.
Paul, Timothy A.

Paxton, Ossian Franklin
Peck, Ernest.

Peterson, Charles.

Pomeroy, Carl H.

Ponder, John M.
Pratt, Jr., Frank J.
Pritchard, S. J.

Rayburn, E. B.
Read, John F.
Richardson, A. A.
Richcreek, Jesse.
Roberts, Ralph W.
Rockwell, T. D.
Rohrig, C. H.

*For lists of attorneys heretofore published, see volumnes 2, 8, 12 and

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